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EN, MISSISSIPPI.Miss Elsie Barge, Artist, Presents Musical Program at Baptist Church.ENTAfter the copious outpouring of I the elements on last Thursday evening. which prevented the recital an-Let- nounced for the Baptist Church by the Misses Barge, complimentary to er all Brookhaven friends, the weather god was propitiated on Friday evening when the deferred program was given before a large audience and one representative of every feature of . our community life, mat The cultured young ladies, hisses r'OUld Elsie and Frances Barge, had return-1s in ed t*om Chicago, where they have studied for more than a year, to spend the holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Barge, in Brookhaven, and paid the friends of their childhood and the associates of their early student 4ife in their home town, the rare and tender tribute in the charming recital given.This compliment to a Brookhaven audience may be the more appreciated w'hen it is known that aside from holding an artist’s diploma from the Cincinnati Conservatory, Miss Elsie Barge is engaged for twenty-five concerts with the celebrated contralto, Frances ingram, has served asaccom-panist for the Metropolitian Opera Co., for Ernest Davis, tenor, for the Boston Grand Opera Co., for Esther Osborn, soprano, and for the Royal Opera Co., Sweden.“The Barge Sisters,” as they have been known locally ever since they could climb upon the piano stool or hold a violin at our Public School— and that has not been very long— were assisted in their beautiful service by Miss Sara Herring, of the Whitworth Conservatory class in ;arrn Violin, by Mrs. Cleon Proby, and Mrs. t did Hugh V. Wall, voice soloists, and by work Hazel Barge, the youngest of the gifted trio of Barge sisters, who gave . I Liszt's “Hark Hark The Lark in a maa, manner that prophesied for her the 1 Ca- achievement of her sister upon theng a- Pianoforte. Mr. Benton Cain greatlyen a asslsled ln the orchestra selections.* Miss Frances Barge’s first num-nend ber, Beethoven’s Minuet, entirely won the audience who welcomed with avidity, after the initial number Wieniawski's Kujawiak, Mozart’s Sonata 4, and V. Herbert’s The For-Dead. ; tune Teller with encores the audience , demanded unremittingly after each Hota number. The wonderful appeal in flflt Miss Frances’ violin touched every ! heart and revivified and strengthen-qc ed love and interest in her life and ed 85 worfcMiss Elsie has been often heard in Brookhaven, having served the Church where she appeard Friday evening for the first time as an ar-h «h li8t’ through years as organist or pi-8rJ® aniste. Miss Barge’s solo numberf th was an Etude *rom Llszt in wh*ch dx of her technique and interpreation 'hand were notably attractive and clearly ? defined and she was encored with un-« usual fervor even for a Brookhaven for audience.;liev-what said East ?enn. six had ition had d al-had irves get was f ca-ly inrightikingnow,;hingMyi likehome ister-aile-;8 andThe young ladies were cordially 1 congratulated at the close of the pro-alle gram.
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Brookhaven Semi Weekly Leader
Brookhaven, Mississippi, US
Wed, Jan 14, 1920
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